ademÁs, lubitz tomaba antidepresivos.s mecanismos para que no se repita en su similar. ya fueron identificadas 2000 partes del aviÓn y localizaron 700 artÍculos personales, tambiÉn el adn de los 150 fallecidos considerando que lubitz volaba esta ruta mÁs de 15 veces al mes, investigadores sospechan que tuvo la paciencia de esperar el momento exacto de que uno de sus compaÑeros abandonara la cabina para cometer su plan suicida. arantxa: y en nueva york un grupo de manifestantes se ha reunido para protestar contra las cuotas mÍnimas del departamento de policÍa. periodista: dicen que su trabajo es proteger a la poblaciÓn civil de crÍmenes y actos de violencia, el oficial polanco indicÓ que los trabajos de la policÍa de nueva york es cumplir con los requisitos de sus jefes. >> se nos requiere que tenemos que tener la cantidad y nosotros no tenemos opciÓn. periodista: polanco seÑalÓ que premien a quienes cumplen con las cuotas de arresto por mes. la policÍa da un punto por arresto por crÍmenes menores y 1.5 por puntos importan

disturbing new details on andreas lubitz and his deadly deception. cnn's will ripley has the latest from germany. >> reporter: carol, just within the last few minutes new information from the investigators. it paints a picture of lubitz psychological problems spiraling out of control. what exactly he was doing in the weeks and months before the crash. introducing new flonase allergy relief nasal spray. this changes everything. new flonase outperforms the #1 allergy pill so you will inhale life. when we breathe in allergens our bodies react by over-producing six key inflammatory substances that cause our symptoms. the leading allergy pill only controls one, flonase controls six. and 6 is greater than 1. so roll down your windows, hug your pet dust off some memories, make new ones. new flonase. 6 is greater than 1. this changes everything. why do we do it? why do we spend every waking moment, thinking about people? why are we so committed to keeping you connected? why combine performance with a conscience? why innovate for a future without accidents? w

lufthansa ab knowledges that lubitz informed the company himself. this is raising new questions about how the airline industry monitors the mental stability of its pilots. cnn's diana magnay is live outside the prosecutor's office in dusseldorf. good morning, diana. >> reporter: good morning, john. exactly, andreas lubitz wrote to his flight school explaining to them that he had suffered a severe bout of depression. lufthansa says that they only found this e-mail now and have handed it over to the public prosecutor here in dusseldorf. the question is of course did the flight school did lufthansa, take that e-mail into account when they certified him as fit to fly a few days after the accident? lufthansa said he was 100% fit to fly with no qualifications whatsoever. so it does raise many questions about whether lufthansa took this e-mail seriously enough and how it weighed up his medical and psychological health. for you, we're also finding out new details from a source close to the investigation about what the girlfriend of andreas lubitz has been t

carsten spohr had said lubitz was 100% air worthy

a european official tells cnn the new evidence shows lubitz's actions were premeditated.h prosecutor said lubitz voluntarily brought the plane down. >> to prevent the overspeed alarm, he would have acted twice, not only the loss of altitude but adjusting. he was alive and conscious up until the moment of the impact we are almost certain. >> reporter: investigators finally recovered the charred flight data recorder found buried in the ground. it will include information whether the plane was on auto pilot or had the l kros all the way down. >> reporter: zbl the speed of the plane, the altitude four of the engine. these elements are vital in order to ascertain the truth. >> reporter: a law enforcement source said after a severe depressive episode in 2009 lubitz relapsed in late 2014 just before the crash, lubitz was shopping around for doctors, seeing at least five including a sleep specialist an eye doctor and neuropsychologist. lubitz apparently told some doctors he was fearful of losing pilot license because of medical issues and that remains a leading motive for the dea

. >> reporter: he didn't mention his employee, andreas lubitz, or the e-mail lubitz wrote lufthansa admitting serious past depression. and he didn't answer questions. so when did you find the 2009 e-mail from lubitz? when did you find it? sir, your employee crashed a plane, why won't you take questions? among the questions how closely did they monitor lubitz after he admitted past depression? lufthansa's insurers have set aside $300 million to cover the cost of what happened here. but if it's shown in court to have been negligent in letting lubitz fly the plane he crashed, it would face unlimited damages. meanwhile, a cell phone video allegedly taken by a passenger found at the site and it's claimed by journalists showing the last seconds of the flight has been called a fake by police. the journalists who say they've seen it are adamant. >> there's no doubt that what we saw are the final seconds. >> reporter: prosecutors say they haven't analyzed any video, but they don't deny one could exist. the disputes over the crash, its cause and who -- won't be resolved easily. bill neely, nbc news, se

lufthansa now acknowledging lubitz informed the company himself.victims of the doomed germanwings jetliner could be identified by the end of the week. that is another new detail this morning. meanwhile, the ceo of lufthansa paying his respects to the victims of the flight. carsten spohr placing flowers, saying a prayer in the village near the crash scene. i want to bring in our erin mmc mmc mclaughlin live. the ceo, when he finished his remarks, his heartfelt remarks, really was the question when did you know that this pilot had problems. >> reporter: it's a question that he didn't answer christine. he was here to pay his respects to the victims. he said that not a single hour goes by at lufthansa that they do not think about terrible tragedy. he arrived a short while ago, the ceo of lufthansa, carsten spohr. just over that way he laid a wreath of flowers. that has become a place of incredible significance for the families and friends of the victims of flight 9525. authorities say over 450 people connected or close to the victims have visited that

a main working theory was that lubitz was afraid to lose his license because of his health issues.investigators want to put all the pieces together. the information from the flight data recorder and any other evidence before they reach a final conclusion. pamela brown, cnn, dusseldorf, germany. >>> now, six survivors of the deadly hostage siege of the french media outlets put their lives in danger. they accuse the affiliate of dangerous live reporting during the january hostage situation. they say their location inside a cold room was broadcast when they hid from the gunman if you remember, he was killed in the police operation that ended that siege. >>> now, in myanmar, the opposition leader suu kyi said the president is sincere about the upcoming election. after 50 years of brutal military war. suu kyi who was a political prisoner said it may not take part if it isn't change. into we don't thing that boycotting is the best choice. but we're not ruling it out altogether. we're leaving our options open. when you consider the fact that they're not interested in negotiations or amend

this source telling cnn lubitz was very afraid he would lose his pilot's license. in fact after suffering depression back in 2009 a severe episode, he relapsed late last year and was doctor shopping essentially going from doctor to doctor seeing as many as six of them trying to get help for a vision problem which was believed to be psychosomatic, mean made worse by his mental state. he was given "not fit to work" notes by those doctors. those doctors did not believe he was fit for the cockpit. he in fact tore up the notes because they were found in his apartment. we know he was described heavy depression medication. >> will i'm going to interrupt you. this is the spokesman for the public prosecutor in germany. >> translator: the prosecution together with the police in dusseldorf have secured documents with data -- we have secured a so-called tablet and analyzed it personal correspondence and search show the dhef r device was used by the co-pilot from 16th to 23rd of march is recorded on this device. >> translator: at one day there was some information about the coc

you'll recall, lubitz locked the captain out on that flight. well, it was three years ago that a locked cockpit door may have prevented a disaster. a jetblue captain had a meltdown in the cabin. passengers grabbed him. the first officer locked him out. well, now, the captain, clayton osborne, is suing jetblue, claiming that the airline failed to recognize that he was ill. today, indiana's governor vowed he will fix a controversial "religious freedom" law. critics say the law is not about freedom; it's about legalizing discrimination against gays by allowing businesses to deny them service. here's adriana diaz. >> we've got a perception problem here because some people have a different view. and we intend to correct that. >> reporter: indiana governor mike pence bowed to public pressure today, saying his state's new "religious freedom" law needs to be clarified. >> the smear here against this bill is that it created a license to discriminate or a license to deny services, and that's just completely false and baseless. >> reporter: pence asked hi

a european official tells cnn the new evidence shows lubitz's actions were premeditated. a french prosecutor today said lubitz voluntarily brought the plane down. >> to prevent the overspeed alarm he would have had to have acted twice in the final minutes of the flight not only the loss of altitude but also adjusting the speed of the plane, so he was alive and conscious up until the moment of impact we are almost certain. >> reporter: investigators today finally recovered the charred flight data recorder. it was found buried in the ground. the data will include information about whether the plane was on autopilot or whether lubitz manned the controls all the way down. >> translator: the speed of the plane, the altitude the power of the engine these elements are absolutely vital in order to ascertain the truth. >> reporter: a law enforcement source says after a severe depressive episode in 2009 lubitz relapsed in late 2014 just before the crash lubitz was shopping around for doctors, seeing at least five including a sleep specialist eye doctor and neuropsychologist. lubitz

ese es el debate jurÍdico que enfrentan por el caso de andreas lubitz.s para conocer los Últimos minutos, estaba enterrada y muy quemada. fue localizada por una mujer policÍa. ahora, quieran determinar si el joven aviador mantuvo el piloto automÁtico o estrellÓ manualmente el aviÓn, sobre la polÉmica generada por el supuesto vÍdeo que mostrarÍa los Últimos minutos en el aviÓn, el fiscal dice que no cree que exista ese material. desde alemania, la fiscalÍa de dusseldorf revelÓ que quien iba al mando del vuelo buscÓ por internet, en los dÍas previos, mÉtodos para suicidarse. " el usuario busco informaciÓn sobre tratamientos mÉdicos asÍ como formas de suicidarse, en un dÍa se informÓ sobre el funcionamiento de las puertas y las precauciones de seguridad", dijo. ademÁs, lubitz tomaba antidepresivos contra la ansiedad y el ataque de pÁnico. las autoridades alemanas analizan cambiar ciertos mecanismos para que no se repita otro hecho similar. " vamos a tratar de mejorar los mecanismos de las puertas de las cabinas y hacer exÁmenes psicolÓgicos eficientes", ase

. >> sir, when did you find the 209 e-mail from lubitz? >> i'm sorry. i'm sorry. there's no questions and answers. sorry for that. sorry for this. thank you. thank you so much. >> sir, your employee crashed a plane, why are you refusing to take questions? and he simply didn't take anymore. he got into his car and he drove off. it sounded -- well, make your own judgment about that is he tone-deaf, is lufthansa under severe pressure, i think the answer to that question is yes. 2009 e-mail i was referring to written by andreas lubitz just after he took a break from training n that e-mail he conceded that he had severe depression lufthansa just released that e-mail yesterday, seven days after the crash, and we were wondering, really how it had taken so long for lufthansa to come forward with this e-mail to concede that it knew that he had had severe depression, remember the german prosecutor said that he not only had severe depression but suicidal tendencies. lufthansa under severe pressure. the airline hasn't canceled its 60th anniversary celebration next month. mr.

mercy. >> sir when did you find the 2009 e-mail from andreas lubitz? >> i'm sorry. i'm sorry. >> what took you so long to publish it in. >> there is no question and answer. sorry for that. sorry for that. thank you. thank you so much. >> sir, your employee crashed a plane. why are you refusing to take questions in. >> but he continued to refuse to take questions. i talked to bill neely about it womanly geist, who talked about, said he wasn't going to give his opinion. but a lot of people might say they have been a bit hand fisted in this investigation. think about it. this is an airline that left 150 lives in the hands of a pilot with limited experience only 600 or so flight hours. he suffered severe depression. he had dropped out of their flight school and then the ceo is berating an nbc employee earlier this week and they asked if they had competence in his business. they said i really wish you spoke german better. i wish you could understood a very aggressive first statement. and now we find all this out. >> now they look foolish this morning. >> you mentioned th

investigators have also interviewed a pilot who flew with lubitz the day before the crash. said he didn't suspect anything was wrong. >> it was probably planned on some particular flight. i don't believe that it was necessarily this flight. it sounds to me like there was some urging with reference to the captain's lavatory usage on this one. >> reporter: inside lubitz' apartment, a law enforcement source says investigators also found personal memos with only a couple of words involving stress and his pilot license. that source says lubitz was prescribed medication for depression in the months leading up to the crash. the source says lubitz told at least one of his doctors he was afraid his medical issues could jeopardy his ability to fly. a main working theory as to a possible motive is this idea that lubitz was afraid to lose his license because of his health issues. investigators want to put all the pieces of the puzzle together. the information from the flight data recorder and any other evidence before they reach a final conclusion. pamela brown, cnn, dusseldorf, german

pamela, so many threats into the personality of andreas lubitz, what more are you learning? >> reporter: a dramatic new development from the dusseldorf prosecutor. he provided evidence that's really the first indication of just how premeditated andreas lubitz's actions were. as you pointed out, from march 16 to the day before the plane crash he had been searching on his tablet about methods of how to commit suicide, also searching for various medical treatments. we also learned according to the prosecutor that on at least one day for several minutes he searched terms relating to cockpit doors and their security measures. that news coming from the doos el door of prosecutor. we also learned according to a source close to this investigation that lubitz apparently had a severe depression relapse in late 2014. we know he had depression in 2008 that he self-reported in 2009. the source says he was desperately seeking help from doctors, basically doctor shopping. he was seeing at least five or six doctors leading up to the plane crash. we know at least a neuropsychologist, an eye

it shows lubitz was thinking and planning ahead of what he was going to do. what they don't have is a clear motive. was it the deteriorating health or problems with the girlfriend or fear of losing pilot's license because they did not find a suicide note and they don't have the smoking gun why he did this. >> will there is word, we understand the plane's flight data recorder is possibly found? >> reporter: yes. the new pictures out and you can see by looking at the charred device that was buried about eight inches into the surface in the french alps because of the force of the impact. it was very seriously damaged. however, they hope to extract information to answer key technical questions about this crash. including probably the number one question was andreas lubitz manually flying the aircraft and guiding it to the french alps during that terrifying eight-minute descent with 149 people helpless in back. this will help them corroborate when they listen to the cockpit voice recording. that is expected in the coming days. >> so many unanswered questions. will

a stunning revelation about co-pilot andreas lubitz and his battle with depression and new reports of the video showing the final moments of germanwings flight 9525. >> will he or won't he sign on? the governor of arkansas in the spotlight as he's set to announce his next move this hour. after state lawmakers approved a law similar to indiana's that has critics and protesters saying allows for discrimination against gays. >> iran nuclear talks in overtime. are we on verge of an historic deal or a diplomatic collapse that could lead to even stricter sanctions? >>> a lot going on this morning. i'm john berman. >> i'm kate bolduan. as john said, there is a lot going on. major political news going on this hour. we expect to know whether arkansas will join indiana this week in adopting a religious freedom bill that sparked outrage. >> asa hutchinson is facing ee nrm us new pressure in light of what happened in indiana. at 11:30 eastern, he'll have a news conference. we'll take you there live. it was approved by the arkansas legislature yesterday similar to indiana's. also similar to indian

we now know that lubitz deliberately sped up the plane.after performing initial tests on the recently recovered flight data report. what else do we know, will? >> reporter: we continue to paint a picture of a horrifies descent for this aircraft and the people in back as lubitz manually changed the settings moving the plane closer and closer to the french alps. he adjusted the auto pilot and engaged it to 100 feet. so the plane started descending but apparently it wasn't going fast enough for lubitz because he increased the speed and that happened several times. we know from the cockpit voice recorder passengers were screaming, they knew the acceleration rate was not safe, the captain was trying to break back into the cockpit, yet andreas lubitz continued to breathe normally and it appears he was conscious and breathing normally until he brought that plane and innocent people at 420 miles an hour into that mountain range, don. >> baffling. beautiful baffling. investigators removed a whole lot of things from his family's home. what do we kno

lubitz had a severe depressive episode.ad been seeing as many as six doctors trying to get help. it was made worse by his mental state. there was no clear motive why he flew this plane and all of the innocent people into the french alps because he did not leave a note or any other evidence behind. another piece of evidence seized is the flight data recorder. it was charred and burned and buried into the crash site. that will answer questions in the case. the answers are coming together but the big question suzanne, does remain unanswered. >> so many people want to know the answer to that question. thank you. >>> the head of the ncaa joining the debate now over indiana's religious freedom law calling the issue more important than the final four on the eve of the big games. andy scholes has the bleacher report next. >>> and are you ready for retirement? according to the report the number one regret is not planning how they spend their time more. it is not just the case for one former jingle writer. he is fulfilling a life lon

. >>> andreas lubitz knew he suffered from depression. andreas lubitz had been treated for suicidal tendencies and they accused him of hiding his mental health problems from his employer. but in a new twist today. it was admitted that andreas lubitz told the airline about his depression when he resumed flight training in 2009. just last week, lufthansa's ceo said that andreas lubitz was 100% airworthy. >>> two news outlets claim to have video from the flight taken before the crash. they say the scene is so chaotic it is hard to identify anyone. the passengers clearly knew what was about to happen and are heard screaming my god in several languages. so far, neither publication has released the video. >>> new backlash in the pay bay area over indiana's religious freedom law. oakland mayor libby schaaf joined san francisco mayor ed lee to travel to indiana. >> we have a perception problem here because some people have a different view. and we intend to correct that. >> indiana governor mike pence bowed to public pressure today saying his sta

and today they released some of what they found on lubitz's tablet computer. the user name, the personal correspondence and the entered search words carry the conclusion that the device was used by the co-pilot, said the prosecutor. from march 16 to march 23, the week leading up to the crash, he says lubitz studied medical treatments, various ways and possible methods of committing suicide and that he spent several minutes on cockpit doors and their security measures. german officials say they're going to look into cockpit security measures to see if they went a little too far after 9/11. they're also going to look into medical and psychological testing requirements for pilots to see where they can improve. katy tur, nbc news, germany. >>> here in new york two women are under arrest accused of conspiring to commit a terrorist attack in the u.s. investigators believe they were inspired in part by isis. the feds say one of them had propane tanks and instructions to turn them into bombs. but one official adds there was no specific plot. >>> under mounting pressur

when lubitz flew the plane into the french mountainside it smashes into thousands of pieces. it could take months to retrieve all the wreckage. tina kraus kpix 5. >> investigators are calling on anyone with footage of the disaster to hand it over to authorities. >>> enough progress is being made with iran's nuclear talks that diplomats will continue negotiations for another day. they were supposed to meet a deadline yesterday but decided to extend. the sticking points are how much nuclear fuel iran will be allowed to produce in the future and how to verify that fuel is for peaceful purposes only. negotiators need to decide what to do with economic sanctions, as well. >> we should reimpose the sanctions that have been suspended. we should add additional sanctions and we should drive a tougher bargain. we should not negotiating from a position of weakness as we're doing right now. >> president obama says the u.s. is prepared to walk away if iran won't budge. he says no deal is better than a bad dealed. >>> a civil trial starts today in the suicide trial of audrie pott who kille

the first reading of the recorder shows lubitz used auto pilot to engage the aircraft down to 100 feet as he manually increased the plane's speed. investigators say lubitz also tried to shut down the plane's alarms. >> it would have been fairly apparent to the passengers that something was wrong, that sense of speed building up increased wind noise would have definitely given the sense that something was wrong in addition to the descent. >> reporter: the german prosecutor says a tablet found in lieuthe co-pilot's apartment says he made searches on cockpit doors, the findings bolstering investigators' belief the crash was premeditated. investigators have also interviewed a pilot who flew with him the day before the crash. he said he didn't suspect anything was wrong. >> it was probably planned on some particular flight. i don't believe that it was necessarily this flight. it sounds to me like there was some urging with reference to the captain's lavatory usage on this one. >> reporter: inside lubitz's apartment, memos were found regarding stress and his pilot's license. he was prescribe

lubitz is responsible for causing the germanwings jetline crash. that killed 150 people aboard. among them, three americans. berlin - lufthansa now says that it knew six years ago that andreas lubitz had suffered from a "serious depressive episode." the airline says that's how lubitz described his condition in emails to the lufthansa flight school, when he was resuming his training after an interruption of several months. he wrote that the episode had subsided. the airline says he later passed all medical checks. he's suspected of causing the germanwings jetliner crash that killed all 150 people aboard. >> pam: new at 8: scammers continue for old scams. >> pam: the newark police department is warning residents, fake check scams are becoming more popular. kron 4's alecia reid explains. >> reporter: the new york police department is warning residents. the victims are instructed to activate their employment by depositing eight paychecks and told to keep some of the money after that that payment. there have been a vice to purchase cards at mystery shoppers appeared to evaluate the r

just last week, lufthansa's ceo had said that lubitz was 100% airworthy. >>> civil trial begins today in the case of a saratoga teenager who killed herself after being sexually assaulted. audrie pott committed suicide after rumors were spread about naked pictures online. the family filed a lawsuit against the boys. one settled. two boys will testify in the trial. >>> was it a kidnapping or hoax? more developments in the ongoing investigation in vallejo. the attorney for the woman who claims she was abducted says this photo proves she was kidnapped. he says those are drill marks in a windowsill and they match what kidnappers allegedly described in an email to police. denise huskins disappeared from her boyfriend's mare island home on march 23. she turned up safe in huntington beach two days later. she and her boyfriend through their lawyers say it's not a hoax and yesterday the alleged kidnappers sent another email to the "san francisco chronicle. >> the person who wrote the email mulled the idea that he would possibly turn himself in if in some way an agreement could be reached that t

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the parent company of germanwings releasing a statement saying lubitz informed their flight training pilot school in 2009 that he had a previous episode of severe depression. the airline says lubitz provided that information in the medical documents he submitted before resuming his flight training. after taking a break for several months. lufthansa revealed last week that lubitz was cleared to fly after that interruption. >> translator: he continued his training. he then also passed all medical tests, all flight examinations, and all checks. he was 100% set to fly without restrictions. >> that was our will ripley reporting from germany. >>> talks in switzerland to reach a frame work deal on cushing iran's nuclear deal have been extended an extra day. the french foreign minister will return home at dawn to force iran's hand. hala gorani has more. >> reporter: negotiations are going through tonight, continuing discussions to come up with some sort of draft understanding. even though they have passed their self-imposed deadline of midnight, march 31. the big sticking points center aroun

why was andreas lubitz allowed to fly. about to see, the ceo refused to give any answers at all. >> merci beaucoup. >> when did you find the e-mail? >> i'm sorry. >> why did it take you so long to publish the e-mail? >> at least he didn't run away. fredrik pleitgen is following the story from dusseldorf germany. hi fred. >> reporter: hi carol. i think we need to give the ceo of lufthansa the benefit of the doubt. maybe he didn't feel that setting would be appropriate to answer those questions, but certainly the questions are out there and there are many people who want answers from lufthansa at this point in time. right after the crash lufthansa said that yes, lubitz had taken a break during the time he was in pilot training around 2008 2009. they didn't specify the reasons. they said this wasn't something that was uncommon. there were questions as to why he would have taken that break. later the state prosecutor in dusseldorf said yes, lubitz did have suicidal tendencies around or shortly before that time however, he was

once lubitz revealed his depression as a past issue, he resumed training and qualified as a pilot with lufthansa. the statement doesn't address how the airline followed up his past severe depression. two days ago a lufthansa spokesman told nbc news the airline, quote, had no knowledge of medical problems during lubitz's employment. for days, lufthansa and its subsidiary germanwings has tried to leave no room for doubt about its pilots and its procedures, saying this two days after the crash -- >> we have complete confidence into our pilots. we have a world-renowned flight school which all our pilots go through. >> reporter: lufthansa's boss repeating the same 100% assurance about lubitz. a hundred percent fit to fly without any restrictions, he says. lufthansa faces a risk of multimillion dollar lawsuits for compensation over the crash. the fact that its officials were aware that lubitz had suffered from serious depression, then later certified him to fly passenger jets, will come under intense scrutiny. tonight, french authorities are dismissing the claims of a french magazine and a g

lubitz joined lufthansa's intensive pilot training school in 2008. the very next year, he took a leave of absence. the airline today revealing that when he returned, lubitz e-mailed them medical records documenting his depression, but he was allowed to resume his training, some of it in the united states. and in 2013, he finally achieved his life-long dream of becoming a pilot. >> somewhere, someone allowed this pilot to continue on in his training even inspite of what he had told them is quite surprising. >> reporter: as investigators dig into lubitz's life, they've discovered that before he was a pilot, he was treated for suicidal tendencies. and that even as he flew passenger jets, doctors were issuing him notes exempting him from work. including one that he never submitted for the day of the crash. but up until now, lufthansa's ceo has defended the decision to let lubitz fly, saying he was fit in all areas, 100%. and even today, lufthansa insisting that when lubitz boarded that fatal flight, he was medically qualified to fly. david? >> alex marqu

soon after the pilot left the cockpit, lubitz command the autopilot to descend all the way down to 100 feet, starting the nine minutes deep dissent. as the captain banged on the door lubitz accelerated the jetliner several times to keep it diving towards the french alps. in the debris field, 42 cell phones have been recovered, sent to a paris lab for investigation. they are severely damaged, but could contain text messages, final words to loved ones possible video from inside the cabin. at the scene the french interior minister laid flowers at the site where 150 people were killed. with the additional evidence of ways to commit suicide and mental issues, there is a clear picture of what happened with the germanwings flight. the question continues to be why. david curley, abc news. kimberly: sarah brady, the wife of former white house a contrary jim brady has died. she had been battling pneumonia. brady was a prominent gun-control advocate after her husband was shot during the assassination attempt of president ronald reagan. james brady died in august. his death was ruled a homicide si

lubitz was even prescribed heavy depression medication.e source believes he was not taking the day of the crash. and now french prosecutors say they have the second black box. these new photos show the flight data recorder burned and buried 8 inches under the surface of a ravine in the french alps. investigators say it will help answer key questions, including if lubitz manually flew the plane into the mountain range at more than 400 miles an hour after a terrifying eight-minute descent. >> on several occasions the pilot acted twice to prevent the alarm. in the last few minutes of this flight it was a voluntary action which guided the plane towards the mountain. >> reporter: more than a week and a half into the investigation, officials are moving closer to answering key questions, but the biggest question of all remains unanswered. why? tonight that really is the key question. they know that lubitz had serious psychological problems problems that he had been fighting for years. they know that he was having relationship problems with his gi

lubitz was even prescribed heavy depression medication. the source believes he was not taking it the day of the crash. and now french prosecutors say they have the second black box. these new photos show the flight data recorder burned and buried eight inches under the surface of a reveen in the french alps. investigators say it will help answer key questions, including if lubitz flew the plane manually into the mountains at 800 miles per hour. >> on several occasions, the pilot acted twice to prevent the alarm the last few minutes of the flight. it was a voluntary action which guided the planes toward the mountain. >> reporter: more than a week and a half into the investigation, officials are moving closer to answering key questions. but the biggest question of all remains unanswered -- why. >> the leaders of seven political parties in the uk face off ahead of the country's parliamentary elections. the key moments from that heated debate just ahead. >>> plus, after mounting pressure from businesses and gay rights supporters, lawmakers in

the company says it knew six years ago andreas lubitz suffered from severe depression saying lubitz wrote this e-mail in 2009 to the flight training school in order to resume training after dropping out. the statement doesn't address how the company followed up with lubitz though. all 150 people onboard that plane died in the crash. >>> so the question is dr. winer, should someone suffering from severe depression be taken off the job in a job where a spurn responsible for others' safety? >> they should but the reason is this is. i'm not worried about something like what happened with the airlines happening again necessarily. the problem is that when somebody is severely depressed, they're also having problems with impaired sleep, impaired concentration, impaired memory. their motor functioning is slowed down. so all of those types of things, i think, make them vulnerable or at risk of getting in an accident and having problems. so that's really the reason i think they should be taken off the job. temporarily. i do not think that a history of severe depression or severe depression that has

previously we knew from the voice recorder that you could hear lubitz breathing. so there was certainly a sense that he was very much alive. but now we've learned from this data recorder that he was turning off these velocity alarms and descending at an even faster pace, right? >> i'm not sure he was turning off alarms necessarily. but let me go back to the breathing, brianna. this is speculation on my part but i think we might have been hearing him breathing through the oxygen mask which is bizarre. it's a routine at the altitude that they were flying to have that mask on when there's only one pilot at the duty station. that's my speculation on that part because it's hard to hear normal breathing. but what i think he did with the autopilot was he used a mode called vertical speed and increased that vertical speed to impact quicker or tried to just utilize it to get to the point of impact that he was aiming for at this point. >> justin is there any sort of automation in a way -- there's nothing that stops a situation like this from happening. is there any way to f

lubitz was even prescribed heavy depression medication. the source believes he was not taking it the day of the crash. and now french prosecutors say they have the second black box. these new photos show the flight data recorder burned and buried, eight inches under the surface of a ravine in the alps. it will answer if lubitz flew the plane into the mountains at 400 miles per hour. >> translator: on several occasions, the pilot acted twice to prevent the alarm. the last few minutes of the flight, it was a voluntary action which guided the plane towards the mountain. >> reporter: more than a week and a half into the investigation, officials are moving closer to answering key questions. but the biggest question of all remains unanswered -- why? will ripley, cnn, dusseldorf, germany. >>> still ahead, indiana's governor signs a revision to the state's controversial religious freedom bill. >> we'll explore that ahead here on cnn newsroom. we love our smartphones. and now telcos using hp big data solutions are feeling the love, too. by offering

what are the ramifications of this considering lufthansa then deemed lubitz fit to fly? why are we only hearing about this admission now? >> reporter: lufthansa said that they only found this e-mail now. and that's why they have submitted it to the prosecutor only now. whether that means back when they gave lubitz their license they took the e-mail into account they can't clarify. since the crash, it appears that only now or when they handed the e-mail to the prosecutor has this e-mail come to light. it's an e-mail from andreas lubitz saying that he suffered from a severe bought of depression in his past. if it had been taken into account, it depends how lufthansa assessed that period of depression. we heard from the same prosecutor that lubitz had suicidal tendencies during his severe bout of depression in the past. did lufthansa know that? the assessment of whether lufthansa was somehow at fault for not having raised a red flag will depend. how much information they had. just because a pilot has a period of depression at some point in his past doesn't mean he can never

mercy. >> when did you find the 2009 e-mail from lubitz?swers. sorry for that. sorry for that. >> thank you so much. >> sir, your employee crashed a plane. why are you refuseing to take questions? >> wow. not some great optics there. claudio, what are those executives saying. >> blake, the answer is not much, especially when it comes to the questions about how much they knew about the mental and medical history of andreas lubitz. they wanted to thank volunteers locals and the investigators for the work and the help they've done since the tragedy struck last tuesday. they also held a press conference in which they said they won't forget the families. there's not a day that goes by that lufthansa doesn't think about the families. they said they want to turn this area around the site into a memorial, into a morning site for the families to come back to whenever they want to. they pledge to restore the beautiful countryside that was so badly affected by this tragedy. in a way, the most important thing they said was what they didn't say. they're

they said they found transcripts between lubitz and lufthansa in which lubitz said he went through a period of severe depression dara. >> claudio lavagna reporting live from the alps. thank you very much. >>> this morning a new battleground over the fight for controversial religious freedom laws arkansas. the arkansas governor says he'll sign it. but a giant in american retail walmart which is based in arkansas is taking a stand. it publicly came out against that bill yesterday, and its ceo urged a veto. back in indiana nine ceos sent letters to state officials demanding the law be changed. governor mike pentz tried to clarify yesterday. >> the religious freedom act doesn't give anyone the right to deny services to anyone in this state. it is simply a balancing test used by our federal courts and jurisdictions across the country for more than two decades. >> amid protests a clarification of the law is expected to be on the governor's desk by the end of the week. >>> the march 31st deadline for an iranian nuclear deal has come and gone. talks were extended today in hopes of finalizing